Category Archives: Religion and related subjects

Twelfth Night – reflections of meanings lost and found I have found myself here at the end of this Christmas season much sooner than I expected… ….It is, perhaps sadly, one of Time’s neatest tricks that as we age time … Continue reading →

A carol for the 4th day of Advent This is a carol from the early fifteenth century. It probably is based on an earlier carol and given the text may well be from a french song. The use of the … Continue reading →

Ember Days Ember Days – those who have heard of this term will probably not understand what they refer to beyond perhaps being a colloquial reference to the less good times in one’s life. They were traditionally days of … Continue reading →

News hot from Vatican…… Pope Francis has made a small change to the Roman missal by inserting the name of St Joseph into all of the canons or anaphora used in the Mass. This follows the precedent set by Pope … Continue reading →

1963 : A Year to remember and a Year to forget “If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is … Continue reading →

Battles lost; battles joined; battles won. I’ve no idea why I choose military metaphors for this post other than for the very obvious reason that I’ve long been a lost cause. The last few weeks I’ve been struggling with … Continue reading →

Bishop Stephen Gardiner & the Reformation: The doctrine of the Mass Once the regular clergy and chantry priests were stripped of office and from the clerical estate; once images, statues, rood screens and side-altars were stripped from the churches; the … Continue reading →

Defining terms: Gardiner’s Theology of the Supremacy De Vere Obedentia is much more than a clever piece of rhetoric – although there is plenty of rhetorical argument contained therein. It was written between 1534 and 1535 and was published in … Continue reading →